concours

Example Sentences

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Earlier this year, I was invited to show the BMW at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, arguably the world’s most prestigious car concours.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

“I think of my life,” Justus Rosenberg once told an interviewer, “as what the French call concours de circonstances — a confluence of circumstances.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

Many of the museum’s events — gala parties, concours exhibits, new car debuts, a children’s pedal car race, seminars, regular Cars and Coffee gatherings — are held at historical sites around Newport.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2020

“It’s a serious collection,” said Peter Hageman, a Kirkland-based car collector, dealer and concours judge specializing in Bentleys.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2018

Would the wives, daughters, or fiancées of the members of the commission be hors concours?

From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin